BenQ to manufacture LCMs for AUO

AU Optronics has redirected its strategy for the European LCM manufacturing activities. Originally AUO was planning to establish manufacturing in Eastern Europe but the company has now contracted BenQ to handle the manufacturing of its LCM (Liquid Crystal Modules).
BenQ will manufacture AUO's products at its facility in Czech Republic. According to CENS BenQ's Czech factory is currently staffed with 400 workers to make LCD monitors. The company previously rent a factory near the monitor factory to produce LCD TVs. It has moved the TV production to the monitor factory since the second quarter. The Czech factory's output has increased sharply thanks to strong demands for monitors and TVs.